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WHO recommendations on newborn health: guidelines approved by the WHO Guidelines Review Committee
Please note that this publication is being updated.This publication on WHO recommendations related to newborn health is one of four in a series; the others...

The primary audience for this guideline includes health-care professionals who are responsible for developing national and local health-care protocols...

Pocket book of hospital care for children: Second edition
This is the second edition of the Pocket book of hospital care for children. It is for use by doctors, nurses and other health workers who are responsible...

The guidelines focus on postnatal care of mothers and newborns in resource-limited settings in low- and middle-income countries. The critical maternal...
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Risk stratification analyses for programmes and research in newborn and child health, Meeting report,...
WHO coordinated a set of analyses to consider individual and accumulated risks of infant and child mortality. In March 2024, WHO convened a meeting of...

WHO recommendations for management of serious bacterial infections in infants aged 0–59 days
The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed guidelines for the management of infants aged 0-59 days with serious bacterial infections (sepsis, meningitis,...

This Birth Defect Surveillance facilitator (train-the-trainer) guide 2nd edition covers foundational skills needed to begin the development, implementation...

Birth defects surveillance training: facilitator’s guide, second edition. Participant workbook
This facilitator (train-the-trainer) Birth Defect Surveillance Training guide workbook 2nd edition accompanies the Birth Defect Surveillance Training facilitator...
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